Chapter 1

Sasuke woke up with a huge headache as looked at his hands in disbelief. He was actually a young kid again. He had another chance to live his life, and to make things better. He recalled the conversation he had with the Sage of the Six Paths.

Flashback

Darkness. Sasuke opened his eyes expecting to see Itachi and the rest of his family waiting for him in whatever afterlife they went to. He had given his all against Madara, but in the end Sasuke was stabbed through his chest and rendered unconscious from his wounds. He thought that he had died but as he looked around in the dark room he realized that this wasn't the afterlife. In fact he didn't know where he was.

"Where am I?" Sasuke wondered aloud continuing to look around the room.

"That's indeed a hard question to answer. I suppose that in a sense you are in fact dead, but not completely lost" a voice from behind him said in a semi amused tone.

Sasuke whipped around to come face to face with a floating man with 2 Rinnegan eyes and another weird spiral shaped eye on his forehead.

"Who are you?" Sasuke asked instantly on the defensive even though he was in no position to defend himself if the man was to attack. He couldn't feel his own chakra and the man had two rinnegan eyes; He was completely outclassed.

"I am Hagoromo Otsutsuki, but you would probably know me better as the Sage of Six Paths" the man said causing Sasuke's eyes to widen.

"I know it's hard to believe, but the reason I brought you here is because you're kind of my son…" Sasuke's eyes widened even more in disbelief.

"You're lying!" Sasuke interrupted narrowing his eyes at the Sage.

"…Quiet you didn't let me finish!" Hagoromo snapped irritably causing Sasuke to quiet down even though there was still a scowl on his face.

"As I was saying you are kind of my son. Not really you Sasuke-kun, but you're chakra. You see it's a long story" Hagoromo said as he began to tell Sasuke the story of his children Indra and Ashura.

When the story was finished, Sasuke was staring at the man with an impassive look on his face. He was secretly amazed at the story, but he wasn't going to let Hagoromo know that.

"So you're telling me that I'm the reincarnation of your evil oldest son and that Naruto is the reincarnation of the good younger son?" Sasuke asked skeptically.

Hagoromo nodded.

"That's basically it in an overly simplified way. It troubles me that Indra's grudge has lasted this long. Madara is an incarnate of Indra as well, and his ambition has led him to using the rinne-rebirth technique in order to come back to life. What's worse is that he managed to absorb Hashirama's chakra as well." Hagoromo said.

"Wait how does him absorbing Hashirama's chakra make things much worse?" Sasuke asked trying to keep the confusion out of his voice.

"Hashirama was the Ashura reincarnate before Naruto-kun. Since he absorbed his chakra, Madara's power now rivals mine" Hagoromo explained.

'Dammit that doesn't sound good. So we're basically up against another Sage of the Six Paths' Sasuke grumbled to himself.

Hagoromo sighed.

"I feel as though this whole thing is my fault. I entrusted everything to Ashura with the hopes that Indra would help him. I shouldn't have favored one son over the other. Indra felt slighted and attacked his own brother in rage, that's what started this whole cycle. I'm trusting you to end this cycle of violence" the sage said.

"What do you expect me to do" Sasuke asked impassively.

"Before I answer that, I want you to answer my questions. What are your goals for after the war if you win and what is your relationship with Naruto?" Hagoromo asked.

Sasuke looked away in thought. He knew what he wanted to do at the conclusion of the war, but he wasn't sure about the second question. After remaining in thought for a few moments he turned back to Hagoromo.

"After the war, I'm going to destroy the current Kage and take over the shinobi world. I'll unite all shinobi as they will share a mutual hatred for me. There will never be another Itachi. As far as my relationship with the Idiot… I view him as my best friend, but he is also someone that I need to get rid of if I'm going to achieve my goal" Sasuke said.

Hagoromo thought over Sasuke's answer before he nodded his head.

"I understand. Well instead of sending you back to this war, I'm going to send you back in time. You'll have a chance to re-live your life up to this point. I'm tired of my son's vendetta towards one another so I'm holding you responsible for ending it. You'll go back to the day after the Uchiha Massacre. You'll maintain all of your memories and as much of your power as your 7 year old body can sustain" Hagoromo said.

Sasuke looked in surprise before he smirked evilly. Noticing the look Sasuke had on his face Hagoromo continued.

"Naruto-kun will also retain his power as well to keep you in check if necessary, however he will not have the memories of this life so you'll be responsible for making sure he goes down the right path."

Sasuke grumbled at the fact that Naruto will be near his level as a child, but overall it sounded like a pretty good deal. Even if he had to deal with the loser all over again.

"Tch, whatever he'll still be a loser" Sasuke said nonchalantly shrugging his shoulders.

Hagoromo rolled his eyes at Sasuke's attitude, but figured that Sasuke was going to do what was right. At least that's what he hoped for.

"Alright Sasuke-kun are you ready to be sent back?" Hagoromo asked.

Sasuke gave a barely noticeable nod but Hagoromo saw it. Summoning up the remainder of his Chakra; Hagoromo started the jutsu that would send Sasuke back in time.

"Remember Sasuke-kun, the Indra/Ashura feud has to end with you and Naruto-kun if you want to survive past this age and avoid the war" Hagoromo warned as he finished the preparations for the jutsu.

With a final nod, Hagoromo fired the Jutsu at Sasuke and he was returned to the past.

End Flashback

He still couldn't believe that he had that conversation. Once he was fully awake he could instantly smell the stench of blood. He got up and realized that his parent's dead bodies were laying right next to him.

Sasuke felt his Sharingan activate instantly as tears fell down his face. He was really sent back to the day after the massacre. That means that everyone's bodies would still be littered around the compound. Sasuke shuddered at the thought and felt a hot rage burn through him for a moment, but he reminded himself that it was either them or the whole village, besides he still had Itachi. Sasuke's eyes widened.

"Itachi…" he said realizing that he had a chance to save his brother and clear his name. Rebuilding the clan would be easier with two people and Sasuke felt genuine regret after killing his brother. He promised himself that Itachi wouldn't die for someone else's sins this time around.

Danzo, however, he was definitely going to die a painful death if Sasuke had anything to say about it. Sasuke gauged his chakra reserves to see how much power he retained from the trip and he was satisfied to see that he had kept quite a bit. He would easily be Jonin level.

'Heh. I'm going to tear Kakashi's mask off when we do the Bell Test' Sasuke thought smugly.

He got up and decided he should go to the Hokage's office. He had to inform the 3rd Hokage of the situation even though Sasuke knew that he already knew about it. He gave one last sad look at his mother and father's corpses before leaving the compound.

XxXxXx

When he arrived at the office, the 3rd Hokage looked at him with surprise etched in his features.

"Sasuke-kun you activated your Sharingan!" Hiruzen said.

'Oops I forgot to deactivate it. Oh well, Itachi unlocked it at a young age and considering what just happened it'll seem normal that mine would activate, but that's not what I came here for' Sasuke thought.

"I don't care about any of that! My family has been slaughtered. They're all dead!" Sasuke snapped as he assessed Hiruzen's face for any sign of guilt.

'I'll admit that he's good at hiding his guilt. If I wasn't trained by Orochimaru all those years then I would've never been able to catch that little sparkle in his eyes' Sasuke thought mildly impressed with the 3rd Hokage.

"It had to be Itachi. He left the village last night. He just suddenly quit the Anbu and stormed out of my office. I had no idea he'd go as far as destroying his own clan. You're lucky to be alive Sasuke-kun, but I'm glad you are" Hiruzen said with a genuine smile on his face.

Sasuke could see how his previous 7 year old self would've believed all the words this man said. He sounded like he genuinely cared for him and there was no hint of deception in his voice at all.

"I'll have people over immediately to clean out the area… Would you like to still live there or go to an orphanage?" Hiruzen asked.

"I'm living in my house, just hurry and clean it up" Sasuke said leaving without being dismissed.

XxXxXx

After leaving the Hokage's office, Sasuke walked to his favorite pier over the lake to think more about what he was going to do with his new life. News of the massacre traveled fast in Konoha so he needed a break from the looks of pity he was receiving by the villagers. He was obviously going to train, he still needed more power in order to kill Danzo but that was his only real ambition at the moment.

'I guess I can be more social so that I can find potential females for clan restoration purposes' Sasuke thought looking out towards the water. That's when he heard shuffling behind him.

He turned to see a young Naruto staring at him from on top of a hill. He stared back and the two maintained eye contact for what felt like a few minutes before Sasuke motioned for Naruto to come sit next to him.

Naruto looked at the other boy in surprise before smiling and racing down the hill and taking a seat next to the other boy. They sat in silence for a few moments before it was predictably broken by Naruto.

"Hey I'm Naruto" Naruto said enthusiastically with a large smile and shining blue eyes.

Sasuke looked at his best friends face and rolled his eyes resisting the urge to smile back at the boy.

"Idiot. I know your name. We're in the same academy class" Sasuke replied sarcastically with a smirk on his face.

"You do?" Naruto asked smiling before his face soured "Wait who are you calling an idiot you Bastard" Naruto yelled furiously.

Sasuke chuckled to himself 'I guess some things just don't ever change.'

"Well anyway I appreciate you for calling me down here. I don't really have a lot of friends to spend time with you know?" Naruto said smiling sadly looking toward the setting sun.

Sasuke briefly looked at Naruto. 'I wonder if he knows how powerful he is… nah probably not he's an idiot. It'll probably take him years to figure it out' Sasuke thought as he turned his head back towards the water.

The two continued to look at the setting sun together. When the sun set the two boys departed while agreeing to meet at the academy the next day.

XxXxXx

'The Loser's actually not that bad when he's not speaking. He was actually tolerable tonight… maybe I can end the cycle of hate between our ancestors. Tomorrow I'll ask him if he wants to move into the Uchiha District with me. Kami knows it's better than whatever dump he calls home at this point' Sasuke thought after Naruto disappeared from sight.

While Sasuke was walking towards the Uchiha District he noticed a shadowy figure creeping towards the Hyuuga Compund. Letting his curiosity get the better of him he followed the figure.

When Sasuke arrived he noticed that there was a girl in the man's hands and he was covering her mouth. He was wearing a Kumogakure headband. Sasuke masked his chakra and hid in the tree above the man while listening to what he was telling the girl.

"Your eyes will benefit us better little heiress. You might as well just come along nicely. The more you struggle the slower your death will be" The man said laughing evilly.

Sasuke recognized the girl as Hinata Hyuuga. The only academy girl that didn't have a giant crush on him. They hardly knew each other in his past life, but the more he looked at her, the more he wanted to get to know her. That meant that saving her was common sense.

Sasuke dropped down from the tree startling both the Kumo shinobi and Hinata. When the Kumo ninja realized that it was just a kid he chuckled to himself.

"You're at the wrong place at the wrong time kid and judging by your attire it seems that you're an Uchiha. Shame about what happened to your clan but it looks like I just hit a 2 for 1 special on Dojutsu's" The man said while advancing towards Sasuke.

Sasuke smirked at the idiot that thought that he was going to allow himself to be kidnapped.

'Sasuke-kun… Run' Hinata thought, since her mouth was covered. She was upset that she couldn't voice her thoughts. Hinata closed her eyes not wanting to see her classmate get hurt by the Kumo ninja.

When she felt that the man's hand dropped from her mouth she opened her eyes and saw that the Kumo shinobi's body was unconscious on the ground. She looked up to see that Sasuke's eyes were blood red but they quickly returned to their normal black color as he looked at Hinata.

The two held eye contact for a moment before Hinata turned away blushing. 'His eyes are so intense' she thought to herself. She was going to turn to look at Sasuke again, but she noticed that her view was blocked by her Father and Uncle.

Hiashi looked at the two children and the unconscious Kumo ninja. Hizashi mimicked his brother's actions. Both of them had their assumptions about what had happened, but they asked anyway.

"What happened here Hinata?" Hiashi asked his oldest daughter.

"A-Ano he t-tried to k-kidnap m-me but, S-Sasuke-k-kun saved me" Hinata explained shocking the two brothers.

They both turned to Sasuke simultaneously with twin looks of surprise and the Uchiha instantly realized his mistake.

'Dammit. I'm 7 years old I'm not supposed to be able to take down a Kumogakure Jonin. They'll suspect something for sure' Sasuke thought mentally berating himself for his lack of critical thinking.

Hizashi walked over to the still Kumo ninja and checked his pulse. His heart was beating sporadically signifying that he was still alive.

"What did you do to him" Hizashi asked.

"I put him into a Genjutsu with my Sharingan" Sasuke replied causally.

The two older ninjas looked at the young Uchiha with mouths wide open. They were quickly closed, however, as both were part of a regal clan.

"Hizashi grab the man, we're going to the Hokage's office. Kids you're coming with us" Hiashi said with the authority of a Hyuuga clan head.

"I'm also bringing Neji" Hizashi said.

Hiashi nodded "Yes good thinking he is going to be Hinata's protector, so he must learn how to do his job now. Next time this Uchiha boy might not be around to save her."

"His name is S-Sasuke-kun" Hinata corrected her father barely stuttering surprising both Hyuuga's and Sasuke himself.

"Yes well come on Hinata and Sasuke. Hizashi get Neji and meet us there immediately."

"Yes Hiashi-sama" Hizashi said as he grabbed the man's body and disappeared.

Hiashi grabbed Hinata's hand as he led her towards the Hokage Tower. He turned back to see that Sasuke had yet to move and was staring at Hinata who was still a cherry red color from her outburst.

"Do I have to hold your hand as well child?" Hiashi asked raising an eyebrow at the boy.

"Of course not! I'm just tired that's all" Sasuke lied. Truthfully he had been wondering why Hinata had bothered to correct her father. Sasuke quickly caught up to them and the three made their way to the Hokage's tower together.

XxXxXx

Hiruzen wasn't surprised by many things, but the presence of Hizashi, Hiashi, Hinata and Neji Hyuuga together with Sasuke Uchiha surprised the old man. Oh and the fact that the man who signed the PEACE TREATY hours prior was now unconscious in his office. Hiruzen demanded answers.

"What happened here?" Hiruzen asked not at all calm.

"He tried to kidnap Hinata and Sasuke stopped him. He is now trapped in a Genjutsu" Hiashi explained.

"WHAT!?" Hiruzen said shocked. He looked at Sasuke with unconcealed surprise on his face.

"This is a Jonin Level ninja Sasuke-kun. How did you manage to trap him in a Genjutsu" Hiruzen asked.

"I saw him trying to take Hinata, so I got mad and used my Sharingan on him" Sasuke said shrugging his shoulders making the adults sweat drop.

'Itachi your brother is a genius just like you' Hiruzen thought to himself.

"Well I need you to release him from your Genjutsu. We need to question him" Hiruzen said.

'Might as well be cooperative' Sasuke thought has he shrugged again and activated his Sharingan. He lifted the man up to look him in his eye as he dropped his Genjutsu leaving the man panting heavily in the middle of the Hokage's office.

The Kumo ninja looked around his surroundings with his face paling, but when his eyes got to Sasuke he shrieked and backed away from him as fast he could.

This caused Hinata and Neji to laugh and Sasuke to give the man an evil smirk. Hiashi and Hizashi quickly blocked the man's chakra points and pinned him down.

"Mind explaining what you were doing with the Hyuuga Heiress?" Hiruzen asked the restrained ninja.

"I was simply walking with her when I was brutally attacked by that monster" The shinobi said pointing at Sasuke.

"You weren't supposed to be anywhere near Hinata-sama at all so that excuse is invalid, besides this 'monster' is only 7 years old. I doubt that he'd attack anyone for no reason" Hizashi said unamused.

'Oh I'd definitely attack someone for no reason, but they don't need to know that' Sasuke thought to himself.

The Kumo ninja paled at Hizashi's reasoning.

"Well you see… what happened was…" He stuttered.

"Enough. We're sending you back to your village where you will likely be executed. Normally we would do it here, but relations with Kumogakure are shaky at best at the moment. If you were executed here it could easily lead to a war. I'll send a letter to the Raikage immediately and have Genma and Hayate escort you to the land of lightning after Ibiki probes your mind" Hiruzen said authoritatively ending the Kumo ninja's terrible excuses.

"Alright kids wait outside the office while the adults handle this" Hiashi says.

Sasuke walked out without another word. Hinata and Neji bow to the adults before following Sasuke out the room. Sasuke was going to go home to go to sleep, he technically still had to attend the academy even though he was around high Jonin level in terms of power.

"Hey Uchiha" a voice said stopping him.

"I-Its Sasuke-kun. N-Neji-nii-san" Hinata said once again correcting a family member and shocking Neji and Sasuke alike.

"Of course Hinata-sama. Sasuke thank you for saving Hinata-sama's life today. I am greatly indebted to you" Neji said giving Sasuke a slight bow.

Sasuke slightly remembered Neji from his past life. He was the strong, but arrogant Hyuuga that Naruto beat in the first round of the Chunin Exams. Sasuke wasn't sure, but he thought that Neji died in the war. He wasn't around when he showed up on the battlefield, so that was the only possible conclusion. He'd have to train with him. Fighting against a Taijutsu specialist with the Gentle Fist technique will prove invaluable in his development.

"It's no problem Neji, but to repay your debt I want to train with you. Come by the Uchiha District whenever you want to spar or throw kunai or something. I'll be there" Sasuke was about the leave the shocked Neji after saying that when his eyes caught Hinata's for a brief second.

Sasuke turned fully to the Hyuuga Heiress and began to close the distance between them with her face growing a darker shade of red with every step he took. He finally stopped right in front of her and when she turned her head away, he gently grabbed her chin and forced her to look at him.

He didn't know what possessed him to do something so reckless, but he couldn't help himself. He felt Neji glaring at him, but he chose to ignore the look and stared into Hinata's white eyes before speaking.

"I want you to come train too, after our time in the academy tomorrow you should come over with me. We can all get strong together…That is if you want to?" Sasuke asked.

Hinata nervously looked at Neji and when he nodded she turned back to look into Sasuke's eyes before speaking.

"Okay Sasuke-kun" she said giving him a small smile.

Sasuke allowed a smirk to form on his face at her lack of stuttering unknowingly causing Hinata to blush even further.

"Great! See you tomorrow Hinata…chan" Sasuke said teasingly but his smirk was immediately replaced with a look of worry when he realized that Hinata had passed out.

Catching her quickly before she could fall Sasuke looked at Neji in confusion. Neji just chuckled.

"Don't worry she does that when she's nervous or flustered but she'll be fine. See you tomorrow after the academy Uchiha" Neji said with a smirk disregarding what Hinata told him earlier.

"Hn" Sasuke said in a dismissive tone. He gave the unconscious Hinata one more look before he left the Hokage Tower and went home.

When he was laying down, Sasuke thought over the events that had just transpired.

'Who knew the Hyuuga had such a crisis right after the Uchiha did? I wonder how they handled that last time. That could've been a messy situation if I didn't step in' Sasuke thought as he drifted to sleep unaware that he had just inadvertently saved the life of Hizashi Hyuuga.

XxXxXx

Sasuke arrived at the academy early the next morning as he remembered doing when he was younger, but was surprised to see that someone was already in the classroom. When he got closer he realized that it was Hinata sitting by herself in the farthest corner in the room.

'No wonder I didn't notice her last time. She's just sitting there in the corner quiet. I'll just sit next to her so I don't have to worry about fan girls fighting over who gets to sit next to me' Sasuke thought heading over to sit next to Hinata.

When Hinata noticed that Sasuke was walking towards her; her face instantly turned red but she gave him a small smile.

"M-Morning S-Sasuke-kun" Hinata said looking at Sasuke as he took the seat right next to her.

"Hn" was all that Sasuke said as he sat there looking at Hinata intently.

Hinata was starting to blush furiously at Sasuke's continued scrutiny of her, but she was determined not to turn away and look weak. After a few more moments of staring Sasuke began to speak.

"I don't like it when you stutter" Sasuke said casually.

Hinata was surprised that Sasuke initiated this topic of conversation with her, but she replied honestly.

"A-Ano I only s-stutter w-when I'm n-nervous" Hinata said looking away.

Sasuke was having none of it. He grabbed Hinata's face gently and made her face him.

"Well stop it. You never have to be nervous around me" Sasuke said surprising both Hinata and himself.

Hinata was blushing madly. Sasuke had now touched her face twice in the past two days. That was more contact than even her father made with her.

"Okay" Hinata said staring at Sasuke obsidian eyes.

The two continued staring at each other until a loud chorus of 'Sasuke-kun' was heard. Instantly realizing who made that sound Sasuke's eyes widened in fear. Suddenly the rest of the females of the class showed up and swarmed Sasuke. Hinata giggled as she watched Sasuke try to break his arms free from the herd of fan girls although she was worried about him.

"Let him go Ino-Pig! I got here first so you're just going to have to sit somewhere else" Sakura yelled at Ino pulling on Sasuke's left elbow.

"No chance Billboard-brow! Besides I'm prettier than you so he'd rather sit with me anyway" Ino responded hotly pulling on his right elbow as the two stared at each other with fire in their eyes.

"How troublesome, it's too early in the morning for all this yelling" Shikamaru said yawning while he walked into the class with Choji hot on his heels eating from his favorite brand of chips.

"SHUT UP SHIKAMARU" Ino yelled at the lazy Nara while still trying to pull on Sasuke.

Shikamaru just rolled his eyes as he and Choji sat in the middle of the classroom.

The next to arrive was Kiba and his dog Akamaru. He smirked at the scene before ignoring it completely as he played with his dog.

Finally Naruto came in and announced his arrival.

"THE NEXT HOKAGE IS HERE! BELIEVE IT" Naruto shouted causing everyone to look at him.

"Yeah right you're a loser" A random fan girl said sneering at Naruto causing more people to throw insults at him. Sasuke saw Naruto's face falter for half a second before a bright smile showed.

"I don't care what you people say I know I'm going to be Hokage" Naruto said.

Sasuke smirked to himself 'That's right Loser don't let these people tell you what you can't be. You're the second strongest person in this class right now so don't let them push you around' Sasuke thought.

Having enough he snatched away from all the fan girls pushing them away from him.

"Loser" he greeted Naruto.

"Bastard" Naruto said back smiling.

Sasuke motioned for Naruto to come sit next to him which the blond happily agreed to do surprising everyone in the room.

Sasuke sat there in between Naruto and Hinata with a barely noticeable look of comfort on his face as he sat in between the only two people in the room that he could tolerate. Sasuke looked at Naruto noticing that he was spaced out.

"Hey Loser? What you stressing your mind thinking about?" Sasuke asked mockingly noticing that his best friend was looking at their ex-teammate in his last life.

"Nothing Sasuke-teme! Just mind your business" Naruto said tearing his eyes away from Sakura with a furious blush on his face.

Sasuke shrugged not really caring what had him flustered. That's when he remembered something important.

"Hinata and I are training at my compound after class today. You interested in coming along? You can train too if you want, but… you are a loser" Sasuke asked teasing even though Naruto didn't seem to notice it and started to nod vigorously.

Hinata looked at Sasuke surprised at his offer. She didn't know that he and Naruto had known each other that well. She had a sort of admiration for Naruto after he tried to protect her from bullies when they were younger. She had thought that it was love, but she was beginning to feel otherwise when she looked at Sasuke.

"Hinata you've been staring at me for the past 3 minutes… see something you like?" Sasuke asked smirking.

Hinata burned a deep crimson before turning quickly to look out the window. Her blush deepened when she heard Sasuke laugh behind her. Naruto thought it would be a good time to intervene to save the girl from embarrassment.

"Oi Hinata-chan isn't like your stupid fan girls Bastard. Don't tease her like that you know" Naruto said.

Sasuke sneered at the boy before allowing a smirk to adorn his features as he turned to look at Hinata who could clearly hear the conversation.

"You're right Loser, Hinata's much more enjoyable to talk too than any of these other girls. In fact, that's why I'm going to be spending as much time as possible with her from now on" Sasuke said just loud enough for everyone in the class to hear.

Instantly chaos erupted around the classroom as everyone reacted to Sasuke's statement.

Naruto and Kiba instantly began teasing Sasuke about having a crush.

Shino, who nobody noticed at this point, slightly shifted his glasses upward.

Ino and Sakura, along with the rest of the females in the class, were crying and screaming reasons why Sasuke should like them instead of Hinata.

Shikamaru was woken up by the commotion and was muttering something about how troublesome crushes were.

Choji was happily munching on his chips seemingly unaware of Sasuke's big announcement.

Sasuke was glaring at Naruto and Kiba who were taunting him for moment before he looked towards Hinata to gauge her reaction.

Hinata, of course, had fainted.

This is the scene that Iruka stumbled into when he walked into the class. He looked around at the mayhem for a brief moment before coughing loudly gaining the attention of kids in the class.

"Alright kids let's get started" Iruka said after waking Hinata, causing everyone to take their seats and having the attention spans of 7 year old kids, they abandoned the thought of Sasuke's words.

XxXxXx

After class, Sasuke, Hinata and Naruto walked out together towards the Uchiha District training grounds. When they arrived they noticed that Neji was already there throwing kunai at the targets. Realizing that he was no longer alone, the Hyuuga prodigy turned to the other 3 kids.

He gave Hinata a bow, he nodded at Sasuke and raised an eyebrow to Naruto.

"Who's the kid?" Neji asked pointing at Naruto.

"I'm Naruto Uzumaki the next Hokage. Believe It! Who are you" Naruto exclaimed.

"The next Hokage? You must be delusional if you think that's your destiny… Oh and Neji Hyuuga" Neji said arrogantly crossing his arms.

Naruto was fuming.

"What does destiny have to do with me becoming Hokage? I'm going to do it because I'm going to work towards it" Naruto said waving his arms around.

Neji just scoffed but didn't comment instead he addressed Sasuke.

"What are we doing today Uchiha?" Neji asked trying not to notice the slightly peeved look Hinata gave him.

"We're going to focus on Chakra Control" Sasuke said as he walked up a tree impressing the other kids.

"WOAH. SASUKE-TEME HOW'D YOU DO THAT" Naruto shouted.

"That's c-cool Sasuke-kun" Hinata said trying her best not to stutter.

"Hmph" Neji said trying not to let anyone see impressed he was.

Sasuke smirked at the look on their faces and began explaining in the simplest way possible to his friends.

Because of their Hyuuga training, Neji and Hinata didn't have much trouble learning how to walk up the tree and instead was focused trying to walk on water as they stood on the pond near the training ground. Naruto was still falling every time he got half way up the tree.

Sasuke was standing on the pond next to Hinata with one hand gently on her arm. Every time she lost focus and was about to fall in the pond; Sasuke grabbed her so she wouldn't get more than her ankles wet. Neji, however, did not have the luxury of Sasuke helping him as the Hyuuga prodigy was soaking wet from his repeated dips into the pond.

Everyone agreed to end the training session when it was around dinner time. By that time Neji had mastered standing and walking on water and Sasuke had given Neji some of his clothes to change into. Naruto had made it all the way up the tree so he was beginning to learn how to stand on water; he also had dry clothes that Sasuke gave him. Hinata could stand on water fine, but hadn't quite gotten the hang of walking on water, she was still completely dry.

They agreed to meet the next day after academy classes as Neji and Hinata left walking towards the Hyuuga Compound. Naruto began to leave too until he was stopped by Sasuke.

"Where do you live Loser?" Sasuke asked trying to keep the curiosity out of his voice.

"In an abandoned building near the academy. Why?" Naruto asked confused at the sudden conversation.

"I have space here. So tomorrow after training we'll get your stuff and bring it over here" Sasuke demanded more than asked if Naruto wanted to live with him.

Naruto let out a bright smile and ran over to hug Sasuke. Sasuke stiffened, but didn't push Naruto off.

"That'll be awesome Sasuke-teme it'll be like we're brothers or something" Naruto said happily.

'Technically we kind of are brothers, in a way… at least our chakra? Ugh I don't want to think about this' Sasuke thought to himself before pushing Naruto off.

"Hn whatever. Just don't expect me to eat Ramen every night" Sasuke said.

"How'd you know I eat Ramen every night" Naruto asked confused.

Sasuke sweat dropped knowing that this Naruto hasn't told him that yet.

"I can smell it on you" Sasuke said hoping that he'd buy it.

Of course, Naruto did buy Sasuke's excuse and yelled something about Sasuke smelling like burned wood before he went home as well promising to see Sasuke tomorrow at the academy.

Sasuke lay down staring up at his ceiling thinking over the past few days. The beginning of his new life. He and Naruto are close as ever and he gained two new friends in Hinata and Neji.

Sasuke thought that it was nice to have friends though he would never admit it out loud. He also decided that he won't go out of his way to make any more friends, he was fine with just having three.

He also reflected on the fact that he was developing a little kid crush on Hinata, though he preferred woman with long hair. He decided to say something about that to her the next day so she might grow it out sooner than she had in his original life.

'Well I'm already doing better than I was in my old life. I have friends, and a possible Uchiha Matriarch. Now all I need to do is get strong enough to bring Itachi back and clear his name then I'll have everything I ever wanted' Sasuke thought as he drifted to sleep ready to make the most of his new life.

TBC

Hello everybody, this is my first attempt at a Naruto Fic, I've always wanted to write one, but I couldn't think of any ideas at first. Please Read and Review and let me know how you feel about it. Criticism is welcome, it only makes my writing better :-) –Dishon 3